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Butyl vinyl ether

An ether, C6H12O, 100.161 g/mol. Boiling point 94 °C, melting point -92 °C, as published.

verified record, Organic — ether, 6 measured properties

Identifiers

Molecular formula
C₆H₁₂O
Molecular weight
100.161 g/mol
Exact mass
100.088815 g/mol
IUPAC name
1-ethenoxybutane
SMILES
C=COCCCC
InChI
InChI=1S/C6H12O/c1-3-5-6-7-4-2/h4H,2-3,5-6H2,1H3
InChIKey
UZKWTJUDCOPSNM-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Measured properties

Published measurements, each with its source. Two readings of one property are both shown, in the units each used.

Boiling Point
94 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Melting Point
-92 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Density
0.7888 at 20 °C/20 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Bulk density: 7.45 lb/gal at 20 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Solubility
Sol in alc and ethermeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Sol in acetone, benzenemeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Vapor Pressure
49.1 [mmHg]measured · Haz-Map, Information on Hazardous Chemicals and Occupational Diseases
49 mm Hg at 25 °C /from experimentally derived coefficients/measured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Flash Point
15 °F (NFPA, 2010)measured · CAMEO Chemicals
-9 °C (Open cup)measured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)

Calculated properties

Derived from the structure, not from a sample; kept apart from the measurements above.

Molecular weight
100.16 g/molcalculated · reference compound database
Average mass of one molecule, from reference compound database.
Exact mass
100.088815002 Dacalculated · reference compound database
Mass of the most common isotopic form.
XLogP3
2.1calculated · reference compound database
Estimated oil/water partition, computed by reference compound database.
Polar surface area
9.2 Ųcalculated · reference compound database
Polar surface area as computed by reference compound database.
Complexity
41calculated · reference compound database
A rough measure of how intricate the structure is.
H-bond donors
0calculated · reference compound database
H-bond acceptors
1calculated · reference compound database
logP
1.9466calculated · chemistry engine
Estimated preference for oil over water. Higher means more oil-like.
Topological polar surface area
9.23 Ųcalculated · chemistry engine
Surface area from polar atoms; relates to how easily a molecule crosses membranes.
H-bond donors
0calculated · chemistry engine
Atoms that can donate a hydrogen bond.
H-bond acceptors
1calculated · chemistry engine
Atoms that can accept a hydrogen bond.
Rotatable bonds
4calculated · chemistry engine
Single bonds the molecule can freely twist around.
Molar refractivity
31.057 cm³/molcalculated · chemistry engine
Relates to the molecule's polarisability.
Fraction sp³ carbons
0.6667calculated · chemistry engine
Share of carbon atoms with tetrahedral bonding.
QED drug-likeness
0.3873calculated · chemistry engine
Quantitative estimate of drug-likeness (0–1).

What it is made of

Elements

Percentages are of the molecular weight above, worked out the same way the molar mass calculator does it.

Structure

Heavy atoms, hydrogen excluded
7
Total atoms, hydrogen included
19
Rings
0
Aromatic rings
0
Stereocentres
0
Formal charge
0

Functional groups

  • Ether

    An oxygen bridging two carbons.

  • Alkene

    A carbon–carbon double bond.

Matched by structural pattern, not by a measurement.

The molecule in three dimensions

Rotate and inspect the atoms. Loaded only when you ask, so the page stays light.

The drawing above is a diagram of what is bonded to what. A molecule is not flat, and the model here is one low-energy shape generated from the connectivity — useful for seeing which groups can reach each other, and not a measured structure. A real sample is a population of conformations, interconverting.

Reactions it appears in

No documented reaction with a written procedure and a source involves Butyl vinyl ether yet.

Other names for it

The systematic name on this record is 1-ethenoxybutane.

The sources also call it Vinyl butyl ether, Butoxyethene, Butane, 1-(ethenyloxy)-, Butoxyethylene, Ether, butyl vinyl, Vinyl n-butyl ether, Agrisynth BVE, Butil vinil eter, Ether butylvinylique, 1-BUTOXYETHENE, Vinipol.

Structurally related

Molecules sharing this formula, or whose fingerprint is at least 40% similar to this one. Similarity is Tanimoto on Morgan fingerprints over this library only — it is a measure of structural overlap, not of how alike they behave.

Where these values came from

compound record.

What this page does not claim

Identifiers are copied from the source record, measured values are reported as published, and calculated values are marked as calculated. Nothing here is a hazard, purity or handling assessment — how the library is checked.